President Nazarbayev mulls state-owned gold refinery
In terms of gold production we have set a goal to produce 70 tons a year. We will be the 2nd after Russia in the post-soviet space: Nazarbayev.
Regular flights launched between Almaty and Tamchy in Kyrgyzstan
The regular flights aboard AN-24 [capable of carrying 46 passengers] will be performed twice a week throughout the high tourist season. A return ticket will cost $226.
Kazakhstan considers a 3rd gold refinery
The project could be implemented either solely by the state or in partnership with private investors: Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technology Asset Issekeshev.
Nazarbayev opened Astana Day celebrations
Astana is becoming a center of the Eurasian continent: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Astana is hosting the 2nd ASTANA MINING & METALLURGY
Forum participants are representatives of the governmental authorities of Kazakhstan and foreign countries, directors of large industrial enterprises, international investors, industrial association, scientists and researchers in the sphere of mining and metallurgy and many others.
PM Karim Massimov meets his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev
This month a Kazakh delegation headed by PM Massimov is to visit [Kyrgyz capital] Bishkek to sign important documents on further integration and cooperation between the two nations: Atambayev.
112 thousand Kazakhstan residents signed against sending officers to Afghanistan
112 thousand signatures were collected in Kazakhstan against sending Kazakh officers to Afghanistan.
Kyrgyzstan guarantees four Issyk Kul resorts remain in Kazakhstan’s ownership
June 17, 2010 Vice Head of the Kyrgyz Interim Government Azimbek Beknazarov stated that in the nearest future he was to prepare a document to nationalize the four resorts earlier transferred to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan imported 167 863 previously owned cars from July 2010 to July 2011
Customs duties for the cars totaled $308 000.
Kazakhstan ranked 75th by number of entries in Wikipedia
Kazakhstan is ranked 75th by the number of entries in Wikipedia with around 28 thousand entries in Kazakh language in Wikipedia.
Samruk-Kazyna National Sovereign Wealth Fund Chairman Timur Kulibayev elected into Gazprom Board of Directors
In accordance with President Dmitry Medvedev’s instruction, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina were to quit the Gazprom Board of Directors by July 1.
Massimov and Putin discussed removal of customs borders
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister tweeted about a telephone talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimit Putin.
OIC General Secretary advised to reissue 1,000-tenge note
OIC Secretary General of Organization advised Kazakhstan National Bank to reissue a 1,000-tenge note bacuse of changes in OIC name and emblem.
Kazakhstan e-government issued 5 million certificates
Kazakhstan’s electronic government has issued over 5 million certificates.
Joint Schengen visa center to open in Almaty
Joint visa center under Consulate General of Hungary in Almaty will start accepting applications and issuing Schengen visas starting from July 1, 2011.
Kazakhstan’s Parliament closes its 4th session today
In September Kazakhstan’s Parliament will detailedly consider the draft resolution to send military engineers to Afghanistan: Majilis Speaker Ural Mukhamdzhanov.
Kazakhstan considering entry into Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization
KazKosmos representatives met APSCO representatives to study opportunities which could be brought about following Kazakhstan’s accession into the Organization.
Concrete keyboard installed in Kostanai
Kostanai has got a new attraction, a concrete keyboard, made to prevent messy parking.
PACE proposes Kazakhstan to apply for “Partner for Democracy” status
I am confident that Kazakhstan deserves the status. For the 20 years of independence the nation has achieved significant results: PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas sets retail price ceiling for fuels for July
Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan had extended the ban on exports of fuels to the end of 2011.